Hamas must be defeated.
The hostages must be released.
But Netanyahu cannot be trusted to wage a just war in a just way. Let us not forget that almost the entire country turned out, in the weeks before Oct. 7, to demonstrate against his would-be ironfisted dictatorship.
I am heartsick and soul-sore that too many innocents have died, are dying, and will die. Meanwhile, the world’s ravening Jew-hatred continues unabated. It’s getting worse, in fact.
Also meanwhile, I can hear my spirit hardening, like cement patching a broken sidewalk. And it scares me.
At what point do we raise our voices in protest? Where? To whom?
And — what good would it do?